Landslides and all

As many landslide incidents happened in the past few days, many things have been said and commented. Some people said that the relevant agencies were not prepared for such eventualities. Some people said that the relevant government agencies did not control hillside developments. Some people said the relevant government agencies did not do much to avoid such landslides to happen.

I believe the government should not be solely blamed for the landslides that happened. There are only so much that the relevant government agencies could do, but at the end of the day, it was upto the developers and the property owners to carry out their projects in a more responsible manner. Retaining walls should be built; but not just any retaining wall, it should be strong and able to withstanding whatever nature throws at us. The developers should also built good drainage system. There are many instances that approvals were granted by the relevant government agencies to build such property with stipulated precautions, only for the developers to cut corners and modify their project, without due considerations to the environment and the surroundings.

As of the prolonged power cuts, it is unfortunate that it happened. May be we should be more prepared for the sudden 'disaster' but there are only so much we could do to prepare ourselves. At the end, we cannot really predict what nature may want to throw at us. And has anyone thought that perhaps it is God's way to remind us that we are doing something we are not supposed to do, or we are not doing something that we are supposed to do?